{"id":17099,"date":"2021-11-16T23:57:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T23:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/11\/16\/5-convicted-of-stealing-veteran-social-security-benefits\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:38:23","slug":"5-convicted-of-stealing-veteran-social-security-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2021\/11\/16\/5-convicted-of-stealing-veteran-social-security-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"5 convicted of stealing veteran, Social Security benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Five men have been convicted<\/a> in South Florida of running a scheme to steal more than $1.8 million in veteran and Social Security benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A federal jury in Fort Lauderdale found Omar Shaquille Bailey and Ronaldo Garfield Green guilty last week of conspiracy to commit fraud following an eight-day trial, according to court documents. They\u2019re scheduled to be sentenced in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamare Mason pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme on the second day of trial. Two others, Kadeem Gordon and Mario Ricketts, had pleaded guilty before the trial. Two other men suspected of participating in the fraud haven\u2019t been captured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 2012 to 2017, the group attempted to redirect over $1.8 million in benefits from more than 100 disabled veterans and Social Security beneficiaries, officials said<\/a>. The scheme resulted in the actual loss of nearly $1 million, though the federal government reimbursed the victims for the full amounts of their stolen benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\t